Harry Potter was a smash hit about a boy discovering he’s a wizard and going to school in a magical world full of wonder and adventure. Twilight didn’t hit quite that high a note, but the story of a teenage girl who learns her classmate is a vampire and falls in love with him did quite well. The Hunger Games popularized the dystopian genre with a bow wielding teenager stepping up to survive death games, have angsty romances, and fight the power.
As far as I can tell, nothing has quite hit that same kind of high since and it may be awhile until the next truly big wave. But if it were up to you, what would the next big thing be about?
Harry is an interesting character, because he does have a bit of a vengeful bone in himself. He takes pleasure in seeing his bullies suffer a little, and though you don’t always see that in many protagonists, it’s relatable.
As for me, my fondest memories of reading the series was actually having to hide it. I was raised in one of those religious homes where HP was strictly off limits, because ‘witchcraft’. While I love my parents and they are nowhere near the Dursleys, sitting under a blanket with a flashlight in the hiding space under the bunkbed so my snitch little brother wouldn’t see, and reading about going off to a magical world; it was just exactly what I needed at that point in my life
Have you since revealed that your read HP to your parents?